Murals of New York City : the best of New York's public paintings from Bemelmans to Parrish / written by Glenn Palmer-Smith ; photographs by Joshua McHugh ; introduction by Grayson Carter.
Publisher:
Rizzoli,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
227 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 x 32 cm
New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division (1900) -- King Cole Bar (1906) -- The Morgan Library & Museum (1906) -- Grand Central Terminal (1912) -- The Hispanic Society of America (1919) -- Chrysler Building (1931) -- The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1931) -- The New School (1931) -- Radio City Music Hall (1932) -- Rockefeller Center (1934) -- Café des Artistes (1934) -- American Museum of Natural History (1935) -- Harlem YMCA (1935) -- Harlem Hospital (1936) -- New York State Supreme Court (1936) -- Alexander Hamilton U. S. Custom House (1937) -- Bronx General Post Office (1938) -- Staten Island Borough Hall (1938) -- George Washington High School (1938) -- Marine Air Terminal (1942) -- Bemelmans Bar (1947) -- Monkey Bar (1949) -- Café Carlyle (1955) -- The Metropolitan Opera (1966) -- New York City Ballet (1967) -- The Peck Slip Arcade & Glockenspeil (1978) -- Axa Equitable Center (1984) -- Palio Bar (1985) -- A museum, a park & a hospital (1986) -- Christie's New York (1999) -- The Waverly Inn and Garden (2007) -- Goldman Sachs (2009) -- Mark Morris Dance Center (2012)
Summary:
"Whether it is cocktails at the Carlyle, taking in a show at Lincoln Center, or flying out of LaGuardia Airport's venerable Marine Air Terminal, uptown to downtown to the outer boroughs, the art created for the walls and ceilings of New York's City's bars, hotels, offices government buildings, and schools have themselves created the identities of the spaces they live in. Murals of New York City is the first book to curate more than thirty of the most important, influential, and impressive murals found within all five boroughs. Full-color photographs of works such as Paul César Helleu's Sky Ceiling on Grand Central Terminal's ceiling, José María Sert's and Frank Brangwyn's Rockefeller Center murals, and work by such artists as Chagall, Haring, Lichtenstein, Parrish, and more are accompanied by informative and historical commentary"--Provided by publisher.
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